girl name · Source-indexed record
Alisa
أليسا
Alisa comes from Elissa, which was the name of the Queen of Carthage, an ancient civilization that existed in modern day Tunisia. The name probably means wanderer in Phoenician. It may also be derived from the name of the flower known as alyssum.
- Arabic spelling
- أليسا
- Pronunciation
- ah-LEE-sahAuto-generated reading guide
- Origin
- ArabicLinguistic inference
- Gender
- girl
- First letter
- A
- Source
- Muslim Names Dataset (CC0 1.0)
About Alisa
Alisa is listed in the CC0 Muslim Names Dataset as a female name. The source records its meaning as “Alisa comes from Elissa, which was the name of the Queen of Carthage, an ancient civilization that existed in modern day Tunisia. The name probably means wanderer in Phoenician. It may also be derived from the name of the flower known as alyssum.”. Its origin label is inferred from the published script or etymological signal. Its reader-friendly phonetic spelling is generated deterministically from the published transliteration and should be reviewed for names with complex or region-specific pronunciation.
Meaning and Arabic spelling are sourced from the Muslim Names Dataset or, where provided, the record-specific provenance URL. Origin labels are source-stated where available or transparently inferred from the published script or etymological signal. Phonetic respellings are generated reading guides, not native-speaker recordings. See Sources & methodology for data limitations.